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1
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What are the 4 phases of diastole

A
  • Isovolumic relaxation (IVRT)
  • Early rapid diastolic filling
  • Diastasis
  • Late diastolic filling due to atrial contraction
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2
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The time from the closure of the mitral valve to the opening of the aortic valve

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IVCT

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3
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Sequence of events during IVRT

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  • Closure of AoV
  • LV pressure falls rapidly
  • LV pressure falls below LA pressure
  • Mitral valve opens
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During IVRT what is happening to the LV pressure and its volume

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LV pressure is decreasing
Volume remains unchanged

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5
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Isovolumic Relaxation Time (IVRT)

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Time between AoV closure and the MV opening

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6
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Diastasis results because

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pressure difference in LA and LV equalize

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7
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Early rapid diastolic filling

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blood flows from LA to LV

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8
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Late diastolic filling, atrial contraction results in:

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  • LA pressure exceeds LV pressure
  • MV opens
  • Second pulse of LV filling occurs
  • This is responsible for only about 20% of ventricular filling
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9
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Diastole for RV

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  • Similar to LV
  • Reciprocal respiratory variation w/RV filling
  • Lower velocities
  • Total duration of diastole is shorter
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10
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RV inflow view

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Apical four-chamber view
RV inflow

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11
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Parameters of diastolic function

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  • Ventricular relaxation
  • Myocardial compliance
  • Chamber compliance
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12
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Definition of compliance

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The measure of a hollow organ to resist recoil towards its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing force
(Ventricle stretches and relaxes)

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13
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Ventricular relaxation occurs during

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isovolumic relaxation and early diastolic filling

  • is an active process (myocardium uses energy)
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14
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What are factors that affect LV relaxation

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  • Load
  • Inactivation of myocardial contraction
  • Asynchrony
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15
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Results of abnormal relaxation

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  • Prolongs IVRT
  • Ventricular pressure has slower rate of decline
  • Reduction in early peak filling rate
  • Pressure difference between LA and LV is not as great when AV valve opens
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16
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LV relaxation time can be measured using:

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  • IVRT
  • Maximum rate of pressure decline (-dP/dT)
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17
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Compliance

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Ratio of change in volume to change in pressure (dV/Dp)

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18
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Stiffness

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Ratio of change in pressure to change in volume (dP/dV)

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19
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What factors affect chamber compliance/stiffness

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LV geometry
- Ventricular size
- Ventricular shape
Characteristics of myocardium
- Myocardial stiffness
Extrinsic factors outside LV
- Pericardium
- RV interactions with LV
- Pleural pressure

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20
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What parameters can be evaluated invasively

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  • TAU (time constant - relation between LV pressure and time)
  • IVRT
  • End diastolic pressure
  • Compliance of LV chamber stiffness using dP/dT
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21
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What are 2D/M-mode indicators of diastolic dysfunction

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  • Could be present w/systolic dysfunction
  • Motion of the posterior wall on m-mode
  • Pericardial thickening
  • Septal motion w/respiration
  • Dilated IVC and hepatic veins
  • Tissue characterization of myocardium
  • LA max volume index is the most useful 2D measurement method
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22
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LA remodeling can happen from

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  • Diastolic dysfunction
  • Tachycardia
  • ischemia
  • Valve disease (MS or AS)
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23
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LA pressure increases to maintain adequate LV filling, this is associated with

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increase LV stiffness and decrease LV compliance

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24
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How does diastolic dysfunction affect the LA size

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  • Increases filling pressure and causes LAE
  • Severity of diastolic function correlates well w/LA volume
  • Longstanding effects of LA dilation is a decrease in LA function
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25
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LA enlargement can also be form:

A
  • Volume overload from MR
  • Arteriovenous fistula
  • High output states like anemia
  • Athletes heart w/no cardiovascular disease
  • Bradycardia
  • 4 chamber enlargement
  • A-fib or flutter
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26
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Why are volume measurements preferred over linear measurements

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due to asymmetric remodeling of the chamber

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27
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What are the two methods to assess LA volumes

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  • Biplane area-length method
  • Simpsons biplane method
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28
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Normal LA volume is indexed by dividing it by?

A

BSA

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29
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What are the echo Doppler parameters of diastolic function?

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  • Peak E and A velocity of MV
  • MV A wave duration
  • MV E/A ratio
  • MV DT
  • TDI e’ velocity
  • Mitral e/e’
  • P vein S,D and A wave velocity
  • P vein A wave duration
  • P vein S/D ratio
  • CW TR peak velocity
  • Color propagation m-mode
  • Valsalva
  • Secondary measurements:
    - Color m-mode propagation
    - TE-e’
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29
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What wave correlates to early rapid diastolic filling

A

E wave

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30
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What wave correlates to late diastolic filling due to atrial contraction

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A wave

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31
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Normal IVRT

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≤ 70 msec

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32
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Myocardial compliance

A

characteristics of isolated myocardium

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33
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Chamber compliance

A

charactersitics of the entire chamber

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34
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LA volume is ultimately a good predictor of outcomes in a number of different conditions:

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  • hypertensive heart disease
  • A-fib
  • cardioversion success
  • dilated cardiomyopathy
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • ischemic stroke
  • coronary events
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35
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LA volumes reflect the ____
unlike Doppler measurements which reflect ____

A
  • cumulative effects of filling pressure over time
  • changes at that moment in time
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36
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Abnormal LA volume

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> 34 mL/m^2

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37
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What is measured on the mitral inflow

A
  • E wave
  • A wave
  • E/A ratio
  • DT
  • Duration of A wave
  • IVRT
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38
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Factors influencing E wave

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  1. changes in pressure difference between ventricle and atrium (opening pressure) caused by changes in preload
  2. changes in transmitral volume flow rate
  3. change in atrial pressure
  4. decreases with age
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39
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Increased preload results in:

A
  • Increased E velocity
  • Shortened IVRT (due to the quick increase in LA pressure
  • Steeper deceleration slope in early diastolic filling
  • Small A velocity (LV pressure is higher so gradient between LA and LV is not as high)
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40
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Reduced preload results in:

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  • Reduced E velocity (chamber gradient is decreased)
  • Does not affect atrial contraction
  • Hypovolemia or venodilator can cause decreased E velocity
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41
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Factors affecting late diastolic filling (A wave)

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  1. Cardiac rhythm
  2. Atrial contractile function
  3. Ventricular end-diastolic pressure
  4. HR
  5. Timing of atrial contraction (PR interval)
  6. Ventricular diastolic function
  7. Increases with age
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42
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L wave

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Happens when there is markedly delayed LV relaxation in the setting of elevated LV filling pressures that allows ongoing LV filling in mid diastole

PT usually have bradycardia

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43
Q

The valsalva maneuver decreases

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Preload and LA pressure

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44
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With valsalva where should you see a decrease at maximal strain

A

E and A wave velocity

45
Q

What does valsalva help determine

A
  • if pts are in pseudonormalized pattern
  • if there is a significant increase in LV filling pressures
46
Q

During valsalva what indicates an increased LV filling pressure

A

Decrease of the E/A ratio of ≥ 50% or an increase of the A velocity

47
Q

TDI Doppler is recording

A

the velocity of movement of myocardium (wall motion) instead of intracavity blood flow velocities

48
Q

TDI septum

A
  • more reproducible because it is parallel
  • RV influence
49
Q

TDI Lateral

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  • RV influence
  • not as parallel to flow
50
Q

Normal ratio of e’/a’ prime (TDI)

51
Q

What correlates to the S wave in the pulmonary vein during atrial diastole and ventricular systole

A

Systolic predominance or antegrade flow

52
Q

What creates the D wave (or diastolic veloctiy) within the pulmonary veins

A

Early diastolic filling following opening of the MV generates the MV inflow which creates the D wave

53
Q

What creates the A wave of the pulmonary vein

A

In late diastole, atrial contraction generates the mitral inflow A wave and the plum vein retrograde flow (A wave of P vein)

54
Q

Which pulmonary vein wave is most predominant in pts younger than 40

A

Diastolic (D) wave

55
Q

Elevated ventricular diastolic pressures (LV-EDP) are also reflected in

A

elevated atrial pressure

56
Q

Normal LA pressure

57
Q

Increasing LA pressure leads to increased

A

reliance on atrial contraction to empty the LA

This shows up as increased D wave velocity

58
Q

Lt heart respiratory variation compared to Rt heart

A
  • Lt is less prominent
  • Lt is directionally opposite
  • Diminishes during inspiration as blood “pools” in pulm veins not because of negative intrathoracic pressure
59
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Conditions that influence systolic atrial filling

A
  • Age
  • LA size
  • Changes in LA pressure
  • Atrial contractile function
  • LV and RV contractility
60
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Conditions that influence diastolic atrial filling

A
  • Gradient from pulm. veins to LV
  • LV filling and compliance
  • Changes in parallel w/mitral E velocity
61
Q

Noninvasive estimates of LV end diastolic pressure

A

LA pressure is equivalent to LVEDP

Can use AI jet to calculate

62
Q

AI calculations of LVEDP limitations

A
  • Need to have recordable AI jet
  • Must have accurate cuff diastolic measurement
  • Small errors in either value can result in much larger errors in final value
63
Q

Normal RA pressures

64
Q

RA filling characteristics

A
  • Small reversal of flow following atrial contraction (a wave)
  • Systolic phase (IVC and SVC fill atrium)
  • Small reversal of flow at end-systole (v-wave)
  • Diastolic filling phase (RA serves as a channel between the systemic venous return and the RV)
65
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Jugular Venous Pulsation (resembles hepatic vein doppler)

A
  • A wave: follows atrial contraction
  • X-descent: corresponds to artial systolic filling
  • V wave: corresponds to ventricular contraction
  • Y-descent: corresponds to atrial diastolic filling
66
Q

A disease process should affect JVP and RA filling Doppler patterns in the ____ manner

67
Q

Which two veins empty directly into the RA w/o interference from venous valves

A
  • SVC (suprasternal notch)
  • Central hepatic vein (subcostal view)
68
Q

RA filling changes with respiration: Inspiration
- Pressure gradient from extrathoracic to intrathoracic ___ so great veins ____ flow to RA

A

Increase
Increase

69
Q

RA filling changes: IVC size
- Dilated IVC ____ RA pressure
- Reduced IVC ____ RA pressure

A
  • Increases
  • Decreases
70
Q

Abnormal IVC measurement

71
Q

Normal IVC collapsibility

A

> 50%

Abnormal < 50%

72
Q

Other findings that may justify normal or abnormal RAP

A
  • Dilated RA
  • Interatrial septum that bulges into the LA throughout the cardiac cycle
73
Q

Other causes of dilated IVC

A
  • Athletes
  • Pts on ventilators
74
Q

Color flow
- Normal flow:
- LV systolic dysfunction:
- Prosthetic MV valves:

A
  • Along posterior lateral wall
  • Lower velocity “puffs” of inflow
  • Flow directed along anteromedial wall
75
Q

Color Doppler m-mode records ___ and measures ___

A
  • Records LV inflow from apical view
  • Measures the propogation velocity as blood goes from annulus to apex
76
Q

Flow propogation velocity (Vp) is defined as

A

the slope of the first aliasing velocity during early LV filling

77
Q

Flow propogation velocity (Vp) is normal when

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0.5 m/sec or greater

This is decreased w/restrictive ventricular filling (or decreased relaxation) and increased w/ constrictive pericarditis

78
Q

Color m-mode Doppler steeper the slope the

A

better the Vp

79
Q

Myocardial performance (TEI index)

A
  • Based on Doppler derived time intervals
  • Combines systolic and diastolic cardaic performance
  • Use PW Doppler or DTI
  • Higher index values correlate w/pathologic states of overall dysfunction
80
Q

Normal value of LV TEI index is

A

0.39 (+-) 0.05

81
Q

TEI advantages:

A
  • Noninvasive
  • Easy to obtain
  • Reproducible
  • Independent of arterial pressure, HR, AV valve regurg, ventricular geometry, afterload and preload in supine pts
82
Q

TE-e’ measurement is obtained by

A
  • Getting a MV inflow waveform at the leaflit tips and getting a septal and lateral TDI velocity
  • ## Measure interval between peak R wave in QRS and onset of MV E velocity and subtract from time interval between QRS complex and onset of e’ velocity
83
Q

TE-e’ measurement can identify pts w/dyastolic dysfunction

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due to delayed onset of e’ velocity compared with onset of mitral E velocity

84
Q

Impaired LV relaxation results in:

A
  • rapid early diastolic filling
  • short IVRT
  • rapid acceleration time
  • high E velocity
  • steep deceleration time
  • atrial contribution is small
  • plum vein shows D wave > S wave and a prominent A wave
85
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Abnormal LV compliance causes:

A
  • Rapid early diastolic filling following MV opening
  • Short IVRT
  • Rapid acceleration time
  • High E velocity
  • Steep deceleration slope (which leads to decrease deceleration time)
  • Atrial contribution is small (not much of gradient)
  • Pulm veins show D wave > S wave and a prominent A wave
86
Q

Despite impaired LV relaxation, markedly elevated LA pressure causes:

A
  • High velocity of early diastolic filling
  • Stops abruptly because of abnormally rapis rise in ventricular pressure and atrical dysfunction
87
Q

Diastolic stress testing is most appropriate in patients with

A

dyspnea and grade I dysfunction at rest

88
Q

Diastolic stress testing is considered positive when all of the following three conditions are met during exercise:

A
  • Average E/e’ > 14 or septal E/e’ ratio > 15
  • Peak TR velocity > 2.8 m/sec
  • Septal e’ velocity < 7 cm/sec
89
Q

Causes of diastolic dysfunction:

A
  • Hypertension
  • CAD
  • LV fillinig patterns post acute MI
  • Diabetic cardiomyopathy
  • Obesity
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM)
  • Amyloidosis
  • Hemosiderosis
  • Cardiac sarcoidosis
  • Hypereosinophilic syndrome
  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Pericardial disease
90
Q

2 principle mechanisms are responsible for diastolic dysfunction:

A
  • Impaired active ventricular relaxation
  • Incresed passice myocardial stiffness (decreased compliance)
91
Q

Disease catergories that cause diastolic dysfunction:

A
  • Secondary to LV hypertrophy and HTN
  • CAD
  • Primary myocardial disease (DCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy)
  • Extrinsic constraint (pericardial tamponade or pericardial constriction)
92
Q

What is the most common reason for development of diastolic dysfuntion

93
Q

Diastolic dysfunction is present in hypertensive pts far in advance of

A

HF symptoms

94
Q

Chronic pressure overload casues:

A
  • Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy
  • Enhanced collagen deposition
  • Reduction of microvascular density
  • LVH
  • Increased stiffness in systole and diastole
  • Impaired relaxation
  • Kidney is also affected and renal dysfunction worsens HTN
95
Q

What are examples of mechanisms leading to diastolic dysfunction secondary to LV hypertrophy:

A
  • HTN
  • AS
  • Congenital heart disease
96
Q

Ishcemia usually results in ____ dysfunction before ____ dysfunction is seen

Provided pt has not had prior MI

A
  • Diastolic
  • Systolic
97
Q

Large MI and significant systolic dysfunction results in

A

pseudonormalized pattern from reduced compliance and high LVEDP

98
Q

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DM) defined as

A

abnormal myocardial function in the absence of HTN, valvular disease, or coronary heart disease

99
Q

Cardiac remodeling in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DM) progresses through 3 stages:

A
  • Early asymptomatic
  • Middle stage
  • Lat stage
100
Q

Early stage of DM

A
  • Myocardial damage at molecular level
  • Can manifest as LVH w/abnormal diastolic function
  • Changes are subtle to strain imaging, strain rate and tissue velocity are needed for evaluation
101
Q

Middle stage of DM

A
  • Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and fibrosis progress
  • Diastolic function worsens
  • Conventional echo techniques can detect
102
Q

Late stage or DM accompanied by:

A
  • Over HF
  • Micro and macrovascular CAD
  • HTN adn cardiac autonomic neuropathy
103
Q

Is obesity more common in pts with diastolic dysfunction or systolic dysfunction?

A

diastolic dysfunction

104
Q

Diastolic dysfunction is prevelant w/HCm due to:

A
  • Increased afterload
  • Myocardial fibrosis
  • Myocardial hypertrophy
105
Q

What is the most common restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM)

A

Amyloidosis

106
Q

Hemosiderosis

A

Iron overload
- can present as either restrictive diastolic dysfunction or a DCM

107
Q

What is an autoimmune disease that can cause severe dysfunction of any organ, including vasculature

A

Systemic sclerosis
- hallmark: estensive fibrosis
- often has associated HTN

108
Q

What is measured on diastolic dysfunction grades chart?

A
  1. LV relaxation
  2. LA pressure
  3. Mitral E/A ratio
  4. Average E/e’ ratio
  5. Peak TR velocity (m/s)
  6. LA volume index
109
Q

Normal TDI measurments
- Septal
- Lateral
- Averaged E/e’ ratio

A
  • > 7cm
  • > 10 cm
  • < 14
110
Q

E/e’ not as reliable in patients with:

A
  • MAC
  • MS
  • Mitral prosthesis
  • Constrictive pericarditis

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